Economic Development

Business expansions, relocations, incentives, and investment fueling economic growth across the Baton Rouge area.

Stephanie Riegel: A different approach to tackling poverty

In 2013, a Texas-based energy company with operations throughout the Gulf Coast announced a...

Cox and Eatel go head to head to up the ante in Internet connection speed

If you have Cox home internet service in the Capital Region, the company says...

Celtic Studios head Patrick Mulhearn on the best advice he has ever been given

(Photo by Brian Baiamonte) Patrick Mulhearn Executive Director, Celtic Studios Age: 40 “On my first day on the job...

How Ferrara Fire Apparatus produced the world’s highest pumping capacity fire engine

(Photos by Don Kadair) Upholding its claim as a worldwide leader in the fire industry,...

Demand is on the rise at some regional airports. But are there too many of them in Louisiana?

(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: Janet Gonzales, manager, Louisiana Regional Airport in Gonzales) Louisiana Regional Airport...

Capital Region manufacturers share their tips for—and experiences in—outsourcing to China

(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: Edward Comeaux of Comeaux Caps) American shoppers want to buy American-made...
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TIF take two? Developers of the proposed downtown Courtyard Marriott are changing minds about public financing

After the Metro Council voted in July to deny the creation of a special...

Baton Rouge riverfront property owner objects to suggestion area should be rezoned for non-industrial use

At the height of the controversy last month over a barge cleaning facility proposed...

CATS on the hunt again for new downtown hub location

The Capital Area Transit System is once again looking for a location for a...

New business-led Coalition for a Stronger Economy lays out strategic plan for growth in Louisiana

More than 60 Louisiana business organizations have banded together to create the Coalition for...
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